It depends. Point me to some youtube samples of these voices for a listen and then I'll respond with my level of interest.
Rudy On Fri, Apr 16, 2021 at 08:42:31AM -0000, Linux for blind general discussion wrote: > Hi, > Its SL again. As you can probably tell, I just tried sending this and the > formatting got messed up somehow. > I wrote the message in a word processor, then pasted it into my email client, > checked it multiple times before I posted it and it all read normally for me. > But then, somehow, when it sent, it completely messed up the formatting, > taking out spaces, mashing words together, and inserting random line breaks. > I did not create the layout like that, it somehow happened when it sent. > So I am trying again to re-sent it. I tried to add in all the spaces that got > taken out, even went over it with a braille display afterwords to double > check,?? I'm hoping this will read better for you guys. > For those of you who couldn't make sense out of that jumble that was sent > before, hopefully the format will not be obstructed this time. Here is the > message again: > Hi everyone, > This is SL. > Some of you may remember that last month, Chime and I were trying to find a > way to legally port Ivona voices to Linux. > We have been in communications with Readspeaker, a company which creates its > own quality TTS voices and is also an official distributor of Ivona. > Unfortunately, due to restrictions and incompatibility, we are unable to > bring Ivona to Linux at this time. > However, Readspeaker is willing to consider the possibility of working with > us to bring their own high fidelity Readspeaker brand voices to Linux as a > TTS option to use with Linux screenreaders if there is enough interest in the > community and if the venture would be commercially viable. > Right now, we are only sending this to the Blinux list, so please do not > forward it, as this is not an official survey. > If there is confirmed interest within the Blinux list as a baseline sample > group, then we would send an official survey which would be reviewed by > Readspeaker beforehand, and widely dispersed amongst multiple blind > Linux/tech groups to gage interest, pricing, language preferences, > screenreader preferences etc. > Right now, we simply want to know if anyone else on this list would want to > have Readspeaker voices to use as a TTS option for Linux screenreaders before > engaging in any further outreach efforts. > We first need to know that we are not the only ones who think it would be > worth it to have Readspeaker's high fidelity voices on Linux. > If there is enough interest in this potential project, it would likely be a > model similar to Voxin, where the consumer pays a yet-to-be-determined fee to > have their choice of Readspeaker voice for their Linux screenreader. > We can refine those particular details later. > For now, we just want to know if anyone on this Blinux list would be > interested in having Readspeaker voices on Linux for a more natural sounding > TTS experience. > If so, then we would know whether to confirm interest with Readspeaker and > work on an official survey which would help us determine price range and > which languages to focus on etc. > So, in this email we are including a direct link where you can listen to > demos of Readspeaker voices and we ask that you let us know if you would be > interested in having Readspeaker TTS on Linux. > Please abide by Readspeaker's terms and conditions which prohibit the > recording of said demos. > In this email there is a direct link to Readspeaker's official demo page on > their website which features a variety of voices to sample. Just select which > voice you want to hear in the combo box, then press "listen". > This link is preferable as you can access multiple voices which can be > included in a Linux compatible SDK. > ??However, you will need to use Firefox in Graphical to access it. If you > have the ability to use graphical Firefox, please do as this will give you > the largest variety of choices. > We understand that some users may be accustomed to only using Console > browsers, and some multi media websites that work just fine with Graphical > Firefox will not render on Lynx. > If you are exclusively a Console user and cannot use Graphical Firefox to > access the link below in this email, Readspeaker sent us two mp3 files, one > with a sample of a US English voice, and the other with a sample of a UK > English voice for Console users to listen to if they cannot switch to > Graphical and use Firefox to access Readspeaker's official demo page on their > website. > It is our understanding that mp3 files cannot be posted to this mailinglist. > (If this is incorrect, I can send a second email with the mp3 files if mp3 > files are allowed on the Blinux list). Otherwise, if anyone on this list is > exclusively a Console user and cannot access the link to Readspeaker's demo > page included in this message, please feel free to email me, SL, at my email > address which I will post at the bottom of this message and I can send the > two mp3 files to you. > However, the mp3 files are only one sample of a US English voice, and one > sample of aUK English voice. They are created for Console users who cannot > access Readspeaker's official demo page which has the full variety of voices. > Even if you are a graphical user, you may still want to listen to the two mp3 > files because even though they are only a sample of two select voices as > compared to the variety on the demo web page, they read a very long sample of > text and it can help you get a feel for the flow. So anyone who wants to > listen to the mp3 files, just email me. > If you have the ability to use Graphical Firefox on your setup, please use > Graphical to click on the direct link to Readspeaker's demo page included > below in this email, which offers the full variety of voices, multiple > options for US English, multiple options for UK English, as well as other > languages. If you would like to hear longer text read in two select voices, > email me for the mp3 files. > Graphical users please click this link to Readspeaker's official demo web > page, select any voice from the combo box list and press "listen": > > https://www.readspeaker.com/text-to-speech-demo > > Console users, if you cannot access Readspeaker's official demo page and > would like to listen to two mp3 samples, also to graphical users who would > just like to listen to the mp3 files which read a rather long piece of text > where you can really get acquainted with the flow, feel free to contact SL at: > > [email protected] > > Thanks for your time and we look forward to your feedback, > SL and Chime > _______________________________________________ > Blinux-list mailing list > [email protected] > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list -- Rudy Vener Website: http://www.rudyvener.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/RudySalt _______________________________________________ Blinux-list mailing list [email protected] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list
